RE: ThinkPad Connections

[Justin Haase <JHaase@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Might have to check eBay for that piece.

jch

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Mildenberger [mailto:Smildenber@Washcorp.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 2:15 PM
To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: ThinkPad Connections


Pat,

Not sure why you discount the ethernet adapter on a model 500, it might just
turn out to be the simplest and cheapest method.  We still have 3 model
500's and they are all exclusively TCP/IP over ethernet :)

Scott Mildenberger

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pat Barber [mailto:mboceanside@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 12:59 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: ThinkPad Connections
>
>
> One of my older and not progressive clients just purchased
> six new ThinkPads. He has a 9406-500 and will probably upgrade
> sometime in the next century.
>
> He has no ethernet adapter.
>
> He wants to hook these ThinkPads(local attach) to the AS/400.
>
> I haven't visited this particular situation in quite a while.
>
> Any new hardware solutions out there for this sort of thing,
> or am I stuck with gateways or local emulation cards ???
>
> He has several extra comm. lines and I got to wondering about
> using a remote controller(locally attached) to come in with
> the ThinkPads.
>
> Doesn't Perl have a version with ethernet adapters ??
>
> Any ideas other than the ethernet adapter which is sort of
> silly on a machine this old.
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